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East Texas 6th grader dies from non-contagious meningitis
Thursday, December 5, 2013 - 11:55am
New Boston, Texas (KETK) ? An East Texas middle school student has died from a non-contagious form of meningitis.
New Boston Independent School District Superintendent, Gary VanDeaver, tells KETK the student, a sixth grader at New Boston Middle School, has died after contracting the infection.
According to the Center for Disease Control, Fungal meningitis (the form which is non-contagious) is rare and usually the result of spread of a fungus through blood to the spinal cord. Although anyone can get fungal meningitis, people with weak immune systems, like those with AIDS or cancer, are at higher risk...
East Texas 6th grader dies from non-contagious meningitis
Thursday, December 5, 2013 - 11:55am
New Boston, Texas (KETK) ? An East Texas middle school student has died from a non-contagious form of meningitis.
New Boston Independent School District Superintendent, Gary VanDeaver, tells KETK the student, a sixth grader at New Boston Middle School, has died after contracting the infection.
According to the Center for Disease Control, Fungal meningitis (the form which is non-contagious) is rare and usually the result of spread of a fungus through blood to the spinal cord. Although anyone can get fungal meningitis, people with weak immune systems, like those with AIDS or cancer, are at higher risk...